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Homeless pole dancer hospitalized in Athens

A 63-year-old woman was taken to the hospital Wednesday night following reports she was dancing and behaving strangely outside a Lexington Road convenience store, Athens-Clarke County police said.

Police responded to Murphy Express at about 11:10 p.m. on a report the woman was wearing a floral dress while dancing against a pole outside the store, and they called on a National EMS ambulance crew to check out the woman because she was homeless and had not eaten in some time.

The woman proved to be uncooperative and hostile. She alternately identified herself as Melania Trump and David Duke, police said.

A decision to take her to the hospital was made because it was “clear” that the woman was unable to care for herself, according to police.